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OLLI Course on Geology and
Environmental Geology of the State College Area
Downloadable Files and Web Links
Powerpoint Files (either OPEN or SAVE to a location of your choosing by right-clicking your mouse and highlighting "Save As"
A viewer for Powerpoint Lectures
Lecture on Geology of the Nittany Valley: an Overview
Lecture on Karst and Groundwater
Wilson Cycles and the History of the Appalachians, Part I
Wilson Cycles and the History of the Appalachians, Part II
Wilson Cycles and the History of the Appalachians, Part III
Field Trips for 2008
Karst
and hydrogeology of the Nittany Valley
Let’s walk through one complete orogeny! Place: Reedsville in Mifflin County. Orogeny: Taconian
From tropical shorelines to glacial ice fields, with orogeny mixed in, on Tussey Mountain
The Skytop I-99 acid rock problem: predicting (or not) what happened and the present situation
An Archive of Past Field Trips
Periglacial features, soils, and karst
The
pyrite problem at Skytop I-99
Meandering streams and recent uplift of the region
Water:
streams, lakes, rivers, and groundwater
Web Links
Geologic report on the Skytop/I-99 pyrite problems by Duff Gold and Arnold Doden